Genesis 22:22
And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
And Chesed,.... From whom it is generally thought sprung the Chaldees, who are commonly called Chasdim; but mention is made of the Chaldees before this man was born, unless they are called so by anticipation; See Gill on "Genesis 10:22":
and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel; of these men and their posterity we hear no more, excepting: the last, for whose sake the rest are mentioned. Hazo or Chazo settled in Elymais, a country belonging to Persia, where is now a city called Chuz after his name, and from whence the whole country is called Chuzistan; and the inhabitants of it are by the Assyrians called Huzoye or Huzaeans {r}; the same which Strabo {s} makes mention of under the name of Cossaeans, who are described as a warlike people, inhabiting a barren and mountainous country, and given to spoil and robbery; and are mentioned by him along with Elymaeans, Medes, and Persians. Some Arabic writers say the Persians are from Pars, the son of Pahla; and Dr. Hyde {t} queries whether Pahla is not the same with Paldas, that is, Pildash, another of the sons of Nahor.
{r} Hyde's Hist. Relig. Vet. Pers. c. 35. p. 415.
{s} Geograph. l. 11. p. 359, 361. & l. 16, p. 512.
{t} Ut supra, (Hyde's Hist. Relig. Vet. Pers. c. 35) p. 419.